Practically two years after A24 immortalized the wrestling household’s tragic story on the massive display screen in The Iron Claw, the Von Erichs are talking up.
In an upcoming episode of Investigation Discovery‘s Hollywood Demons, airing Monday at 9pm, Lacey Von Erich criticized the Sean Durkin-helmed 2023 movie for its “inaccurate” and “heart-wrenching” depiction of her father Kerry Von Erich (portrayed by Jeremy Allen White).
“My sister and I weren’t within the film as my dad’s kids and he didn’t have a spouse or something,” mentioned Lacey, who can be a wrestler, in a preview. “And that was a very large a part of my dad. So how he was portrayed within the film is so inaccurate that it was heart-wrenching.”
Though The Iron Claw addressed Kerry’s motorbike crash that led to his foot being amputated, his abuse of painkillers and his demise by suicide in 1993, his spouse Catherine Murray and daughters Hollie and Lacey weren’t included within the movie.
Kevin Von Erich, the final surviving wrestler brother who was portrayed by Zac Efron, added, “Kerry within the film was not a household man, however in actual life he was.”
Harris Dickinson, Zac Efron, Stanley Simons and Jeremy Allen White in ‘The Iron Claw’ (2023) (A24/Courtesy Everett Assortment)
Though Lacey mentioned the household was not consulted concerning the film, which they discovered about on social media, Kevin famous that he “endorsed” Durkin’s movie.
Primarily based on a real story, The Iron Claw follows the rise and fall of the Von Erich household, a dynasty of wrestlers who made a big impact on the game from the Nineteen Sixties to the current day. The movie particularly hones in on the supposed “Von Erich curse,” which might see one Von Erich brother after one other meet their premature finish, leaving simply Kevin Von Erich left.
